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this happened after virginia tech and the nra was instrumental in pushing for this. it said we need to make sure that mental background checks are coordinated so that virginia tech killer might have been stopped. and then president bush signed it, nra backed it, gets less than 5% of the funding necessary. atf director, we've been six years without an atf director. it's ridiculous. the senate wouldn't cooperate -- >> to your point, an executive order can't supersede the constitution. i'm not an expert on this, just hearing what you say at face value. so, you have roe v. wade and he bans abortions in military hospitals. there's a second amendment -- to bear arms but hough we define that is up up for discussion. there's a lot of things that i could do that. >> bear in mind that reagan's order limited abortions. he allowed them in cases of incest or rape, but he limited them otherwise. but that was only in federal. >> all that becomes a topic of discussion. aren't guns the same thing? >> but he had authority over federal hospitals. he was the administrator of the federal
this happened after virginia tech and the nra was instrumental in pushing for this. it said we need to make sure that mental background checks are coordinated so that virginia tech killer might have been stopped. and then president bush signed it, nra backed it, gets less than 5% of the funding necessary. atf director, we've been six years without an atf director. it's ridiculous. the senate wouldn't cooperate -- >> to your point, an executive order can't supersede the constitution. i'm...
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he's way, way to the right of the nra. >> the political power the nra now wield means that politicians are too coward to say anything. i have people say to me, you're so brave. hot is brave about wanting to stop 20 more children getting murders? >> i don't think it's the nra power. it's people like us, not the two of us, but americans who care about guns aren't doing enough to make our case to the public. >> why not? >> because we think it's their issue. we have given that issue over to them because they have lobbyists they pay money. in the end, the people determine the outcome. and it's wrong, and it's racist and it's bigoted to say that guns are quintessentially american. they may represent a part of america, but my grandparents who came over from poland and live in brooklyn, new york, are just as much americans, people who came over from ireland, people who came over from italy, we're just as much americans. we live on the coast and we have a right to define the america we want to live in and we have the obligation to win politically, to vote for people to put gun control as a high
he's way, way to the right of the nra. >> the political power the nra now wield means that politicians are too coward to say anything. i have people say to me, you're so brave. hot is brave about wanting to stop 20 more children getting murders? >> i don't think it's the nra power. it's people like us, not the two of us, but americans who care about guns aren't doing enough to make our case to the public. >> why not? >> because we think it's their issue. we have given...
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endorsements, the nra's pac contributions and the nra's independent expenditures and found in fact you're pretty hard-pressed to find more than a handful of races where the nra's involvement made a difference. and they had a really bad year in november. they endorsed only seven senate candidates where they spent more than $100,000 in those races. six of those candidates lost. they spent more money i think on defeating barack obama because he was going to erase the second amendment from the constitution than they've ever spent to defeat anybody before, yet there he was today at the white house behind the podium talking about reasonable common sense gun laws. >> i thought the nra's advertisement lambasting the president for the security around his children was particularly offensive and a new low even by the leadership of that organization standards today. >> you know, we talked to nra members and we talked to gun deal. >> and we poll them. the truth is the average nra member has not been very happy with the performance that they've been seeing out of the nra's washington lobbyists lately.
endorsements, the nra's pac contributions and the nra's independent expenditures and found in fact you're pretty hard-pressed to find more than a handful of races where the nra's involvement made a difference. and they had a really bad year in november. they endorsed only seven senate candidates where they spent more than $100,000 in those races. six of those candidates lost. they spent more money i think on defeating barack obama because he was going to erase the second amendment from the...
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. >> the nra is the big issue, but i wouldn't say it's necessarily on the republican side only. it's on the democratic side also. you have fully half of your new senate has either an "a-plus or a-minus rating from the nra, want anything on gun control, you'll have half of the senate upsetting the nra so that's a very difficult proposition. >> there is no more uphill fight than this. the question is do we fight or do we knuckle under? >> reporter: president obama says he wants action on gun legislation this year. he's asked vice president biden to lead a task force to come up with recommendations on gun policy. they are expected this month. athena jones, cnn, washington. >> president obama is headed back to washington today ending his hawaiian vacation. there's a lot on the agenda once he gets back, including a meeting with the president of afghanistan this week. he's also expected to announce a new secretary of defense, likely former senator chuck hagel. he also has to prepare for his second inauguration. here's the president getting hit in the face with a wave during his vacati
. >> the nra is the big issue, but i wouldn't say it's necessarily on the republican side only. it's on the democratic side also. you have fully half of your new senate has either an "a-plus or a-minus rating from the nra, want anything on gun control, you'll have half of the senate upsetting the nra so that's a very difficult proposition. >> there is no more uphill fight than this. the question is do we fight or do we knuckle under? >> reporter: president obama says he...
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the nra says it has gotten 100,000 new members. people do seem to be more active on this issue, but do you see any minds changing particularly in congress? >> i do. i think people are starting to talk. that's why you see even nra members who say i'm a gun holder and a ban on assault weapons and ban on magazines is something that's common sense that we have to think about. i think it is not reasonable to think it is easier to get a gun, talking about background checks, it's easier to get a gun then get a driver's license. that does not make sense in our modern day society. >> you don't think you'll have to take assault weapons off the table to get reform? >> i think what the administration is doing, we have to make sure we know and we have a complete background check with no loopholes. we've got to take the magazines that people have access to off the table. let's do that. that is something we can accomplish. i want to make sure we do something first that makes sense and make us all safer. taking away those magazines. me coming from
the nra says it has gotten 100,000 new members. people do seem to be more active on this issue, but do you see any minds changing particularly in congress? >> i do. i think people are starting to talk. that's why you see even nra members who say i'm a gun holder and a ban on assault weapons and ban on magazines is something that's common sense that we have to think about. i think it is not reasonable to think it is easier to get a gun, talking about background checks, it's easier to get a...
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and nra to go through the motions of considering. the nra is a potent political force, it has money and members. and particularly in house districts, members need to worry about their nra rating and whether they are going to pardon the pun, be in the crosshairs in the next election. the white house needs to worry -- it's not going to get the nra on its side but it needs to figure out a way to neutralize its power. >> part of figuring that out is figuring where they are going to stake their claim. nra president also continued his hard line against an assault weapons ban. let me play for you what connecticut's governor dan malloy said on hard ball. >> the idea we can't do that just isn't true. in 1930s because machine guns fallen in the hands of criminals, we decided nobody should have a machine gun. guess what, people don't kill any more with machine guns. we're not talking about incidents with hand grenades. we can make practical decisions and pass practical laws. >> it does appear the white house is no longer making passing a new as
and nra to go through the motions of considering. the nra is a potent political force, it has money and members. and particularly in house districts, members need to worry about their nra rating and whether they are going to pardon the pun, be in the crosshairs in the next election. the white house needs to worry -- it's not going to get the nra on its side but it needs to figure out a way to neutralize its power. >> part of figuring that out is figuring where they are going to stake...
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then on thursday, he'll talk with a representative from the nra and other gun owners. president obama asked biden to take charge of a task force to develop measures going beyond gun control laws. meantime, gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly say that they have launched their own campaign to curb gun violence two years to the day after a gunman gunman shot her in the head. they visited families in newtown connecticut. afterwards they spoke to abc news anchor diane sawyer. >> how was newtown? >> it brought back a lot of memories but what that was like for us two years ago today. >> you hope this kind of thing doesn't happen again. you know what? it does happen again. >> shep: six people died at the supermarket two years ago today. 12 others were wounded. last year the judge sentenced the shooter to life in prison with no chance of parole. it sounds like congresswoman giffords and kelly are focusing on congress right now. >> reporter: so far they have been critical of congress. one of the reasons they started their political action committee was to raise enough
then on thursday, he'll talk with a representative from the nra and other gun owners. president obama asked biden to take charge of a task force to develop measures going beyond gun control laws. meantime, gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly say that they have launched their own campaign to curb gun violence two years to the day after a gunman gunman shot her in the head. they visited families in newtown connecticut. afterwards they spoke to abc news anchor diane sawyer. >> how...
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the nra and other related groups have a much more aggressive plan. a gun appreciation day on january 19. people encouraged all over thetry to say hands off my guns and wave the american flag and protect the second amendment. thdisparity in level in grass roots, the white house is trying to catch up but doing it as they go s almost headaching it harder, shep. >> shepard: almost all u.s. troops are scheduled to leave afghanistan sometime this year. today the president is at the white house to discuss the exit strategy. how is that going to work? >> "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace will be in with us next on "studio b." i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by
the nra and other related groups have a much more aggressive plan. a gun appreciation day on january 19. people encouraged all over thetry to say hands off my guns and wave the american flag and protect the second amendment. thdisparity in level in grass roots, the white house is trying to catch up but doing it as they go s almost headaching it harder, shep. >> shepard: almost all u.s. troops are scheduled to leave afghanistan sometime this year. today the president is at the white house...
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you have fully half of your new senate has either an a+, a or a- rating from the nra. so if you want anything to happen on gun control, you're going to have at least half of the senate upsetting the nra and that's a very difficult proposition." > "there is no more uphill fight than this. the question is, do we fight or do we knuckle under?" >> the man accused of shooting scores of movie- goers at an aurora colorado movie theater last summer is expected to face a judge on monday. the court will decide then if there is enough evidence to require james holmes to stand trial. casey wian has the details. >> aurora, colorado, just after midnight, july 20, 2012. >> 9-1-1 cal. 315 and 314 first shooting at century theaters, 14 300 east alameda avenue, they're saying somebody's shooting in the auditorium. >> he came down with his gun in my face. he was about three feet away in that incident, i honestly didn't know what to do. i was terrified. >> (9-1-1 call). we need rescue inside the auditorium, multiple victims. >> the guy was just standing by the exit firing away. he's not a
you have fully half of your new senate has either an a+, a or a- rating from the nra. so if you want anything to happen on gun control, you're going to have at least half of the senate upsetting the nra and that's a very difficult proposition." > "there is no more uphill fight than this. the question is, do we fight or do we knuckle under?" >> the man accused of shooting scores of movie- goers at an aurora colorado movie theater last summer is expected to face a judge on...
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the nra saying it will be a very expensive and hard fight. and oregon sheriff says he will not let his deputies enforce any new gun regulations that he, he personally, considers unconstitutional. tim mueller wrote a letter to the white house in protest. it was posted on on the agency's facebook page. >> you can ban every firearm out there, and it's not going to fix it. people that will commit these kind of heinous acts, they'll find a way to do it. >> k.o.i.n. reports mueller does think treating mental health problems is helpful. at least one other sheriff in kentucky says he will not comply with the new gun laws. later this morning wolf blitzer anchors special coverage as the president unveils his gun plan. joan wolf stajoin wolf starting 8:30 a.m. 37. >>> a police beating in henderson, nevada. dash cam video shows the officer pointing a gun at the suspected drunk driver. turns out the driver wasn't drunk but was this diabetic shock. he won a nearly $300,000 settlement from the city of henderson. and now the grand jury is hearing evidence ag
the nra saying it will be a very expensive and hard fight. and oregon sheriff says he will not let his deputies enforce any new gun regulations that he, he personally, considers unconstitutional. tim mueller wrote a letter to the white house in protest. it was posted on on the agency's facebook page. >> you can ban every firearm out there, and it's not going to fix it. people that will commit these kind of heinous acts, they'll find a way to do it. >> k.o.i.n. reports mueller does...
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there's a lot of concern from the nra and other gun groups. they say there needs to be a broader approach. that gun control is not the way to solve this problem, but that you need to look at things such as mental health and violent video games. >> comprehensive action. thank you very much, dan lothian. >> we are hearing from a really interesting voice on the issue of gun control right now. retired general stanley mcchrystal, the man who once led the war in afghanistan is coming out in favor of stronger gun control laws. mcchrystal said he spent a career carrying assault weapons, and though he approves them for soldiers, he believes there's no place for them in civil society. >> but i don't want those weapons around our schools or around our streets. i think that if we can't -- it is not a complete fix to just address assault weapons. but i think if we don't get very serious now when we see children being buried, then i can't think of a time when we should. >> mcchrystal says he believes most people who own these weapons are not properly prepar
there's a lot of concern from the nra and other gun groups. they say there needs to be a broader approach. that gun control is not the way to solve this problem, but that you need to look at things such as mental health and violent video games. >> comprehensive action. thank you very much, dan lothian. >> we are hearing from a really interesting voice on the issue of gun control right now. retired general stanley mcchrystal, the man who once led the war in afghanistan is coming out...
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the meeting lasted more than an hour and a half, and afterward the nra released a statement saying it was disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. nra president david keene was not in the meeting but called the meeting one-sided. >> prior to the meeting they made a number of statements in the white house they hadn't made up their mind, but after the meeting the vice president made it clear in terms of firearms they had made up their mind. >> reporter: the nra fought every one of them. at a separate meeting with hunting and wild lyre groups the vice president said there is still room to find common ground. >> even if what we do is only save one life, it makes sense, and think we can do a great deal with it in any way imposing on or impinging on the rights of the second amendment that the second amendment guarantees. >> and the task force meets today with representatives of the video game industry. the panel is supposed to present its findings to the president on tuesday and w
the meeting lasted more than an hour and a half, and afterward the nra released a statement saying it was disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. nra president david keene was not in the meeting but called the meeting one-sided. >> prior to the meeting they made a number of statements in the white house they hadn't made up their mind, but after the meeting the vice president...
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>> the push back was almost in -- instant, as the nra blasted the discussion as an attack on the second amendment. in just the last 18 days, the nra reports that they have seen a flood of new members 100,000 to be exact. this man says the jump in membership does not exactly a surprise him but he feels responsible gun owners not the lack of gun owners, is what is needed. >> you have to be responsible with whenever you have. some people crash and kill people in cars. there are millions of people out there with high capacity rifles and they are not hurting people. >> president obama signed a bill granting himself along with former president burj w. bush and future ex-president's white time secret service protection. it revises a 1990 law that limited security after presidency after lawmakers realize lifetime protection is necessary. that means presidents and spouses who served after january 1, 1997 will receive lifetime protection while the children of former protection -- of former presidents were some protection until age 16. hamid karzai and president obama will discuss the future of th
>> the push back was almost in -- instant, as the nra blasted the discussion as an attack on the second amendment. in just the last 18 days, the nra reports that they have seen a flood of new members 100,000 to be exact. this man says the jump in membership does not exactly a surprise him but he feels responsible gun owners not the lack of gun owners, is what is needed. >> you have to be responsible with whenever you have. some people crash and kill people in cars. there are...
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that's the position of the nra. they are coming here to listen to what it is nah the vice president and his group might have to say. the vice president and his group saying they are putting these meetings together to listen to what the nra and other organizations have to say. they could pud together policy proposals, so the president can figure out where he wants to go on gun violence. in addition to options that this group will eventually put on the table, they believe there are steps that congress can take right now, such as reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons, closing loopholes, and limiting high capacity magazines, issues that some lawmakers have already expressed interest in taking up right now. those can be put forward and address gun violence right away. in the meantime, the vice president trying to come up with other options. >> walmart not taking part. the biggest gun retailer in the country. an interesting exception to the conversations. >> that's right. and it's sort of raising eyebrows out there,
that's the position of the nra. they are coming here to listen to what it is nah the vice president and his group might have to say. the vice president and his group saying they are putting these meetings together to listen to what the nra and other organizations have to say. they could pud together policy proposals, so the president can figure out where he wants to go on gun violence. in addition to options that this group will eventually put on the table, they believe there are steps that...
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the nra are a bunch of punks for running the ad. if they stand behind it, why are they removing it from their website. they are getting what they wanted. they put a youtube add up. we're talking about it. it gets out there. it shows you how weak and cowardly they are when they chose to run away from it. there is no need to invoke the president's daughters in this conversation. i can guarantee you that had anybody invoked the daughters of president george w. bush in a similar ad, folks on the right would be just as upset. >> what about the fact that politicians use kids when they want to politically all the time. remember can chelsea clip ton walking between her parents to the helicopter after the monta lewinsky affair. or this time when the white house released a picture of the president with his two daughters snuggling on the coach. they use their children for political purposes when they want to. >> walking to the helicopter, they are going on vacation. what are they supposed to do, take her to another helicopter? >> it was the ha
the nra are a bunch of punks for running the ad. if they stand behind it, why are they removing it from their website. they are getting what they wanted. they put a youtube add up. we're talking about it. it gets out there. it shows you how weak and cowardly they are when they chose to run away from it. there is no need to invoke the president's daughters in this conversation. i can guarantee you that had anybody invoked the daughters of president george w. bush in a similar ad, folks on the...
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zero heartburn. >>> the nra gets personal. the group is out with an, ploe sieve new ad that targets the president's gun control proposals and his family. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then, why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? >> was that out of line. i want to bring in our contributors. jay carney issued a statement saying most americans agree that the president's children should not be used as pawns in a political fight but to make the safety of the president's children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly. i must say the word repugnant is not used often enough. i kind of love t i love saying repugnant. is going after the president's kids in this way an absolute line you don't cross? >> i think it is completely crazy and counterproductive but it makes sense according to a different strategy. something like 47% of u.s. households report they own a gun. the nra is very concerned about rival gun righ
zero heartburn. >>> the nra gets personal. the group is out with an, ploe sieve new ad that targets the president's gun control proposals and his family. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then, why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? >> was that out of line. i want to bring in our contributors. jay carney issued a statement saying most americans agree that the...
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thursday, he met with the nra, which says it was disappointed with the meeting. they believe the white house is less focused on keeping children safe and more focused on restricting guns to lawful owners. but other groups present at the meeting say the nra will have to budge. >> they said, "oh, yeah. , that is interesting, but we want to talk about regulating firearms itself." >> they realize the game is changing so quickly and me to them that they will have to adjust. >> the task force on gun control is expected to recommend stricter background checks on gun sales and a ban on high capacity clips. the suspect in the aurora, colorado shootings is given more time to consider a plea. a judge granted the defense the delay in the arraignment process. >> the decision to go to trial is not unexpected. the evidence was overwhelming. >> no surprises in the court ruling. there was overwhelming evidence supporting all 166 counts of the case of the people versus jamestown's. -- versus james holmes. >> the request by attorneys to delay the arraignment was also no surprise. >
thursday, he met with the nra, which says it was disappointed with the meeting. they believe the white house is less focused on keeping children safe and more focused on restricting guns to lawful owners. but other groups present at the meeting say the nra will have to budge. >> they said, "oh, yeah. , that is interesting, but we want to talk about regulating firearms itself." >> they realize the game is changing so quickly and me to them that they will have to adjust....
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the nra, and i also don't think the nra is representative of being pro-gun. i'm pro-gun. i don't, like --. bill: alaska girl. >> i grew up in a house filled with guns. i learned to shoot when i was young. i don't, nra is on a different level. they go after both parties. that is not a republican organization. bill: your argument, the administration is going to make. they are going to say you need a comprehensive solution to help prevent things like that from happening again. >> that's right, they do. bill: can they sell that. >> that is absolutely true. one of my concerns they're trying to sell gun control as some sort of a panacea. they say let's have this comprehensive solution, looking at violence in entertainment culture and mental health and school safety and clinton era position that would deputize people to have a firearm they're only giving specific ideas of changing gun control laws. its much more comprehensive solution. we need to hear what that includes. bill: more than a 30 round clip. kirsten, give you the last word. >> i agree you have to look at mental healt
the nra, and i also don't think the nra is representative of being pro-gun. i'm pro-gun. i don't, like --. bill: alaska girl. >> i grew up in a house filled with guns. i learned to shoot when i was young. i don't, nra is on a different level. they go after both parties. that is not a republican organization. bill: your argument, the administration is going to make. they are going to say you need a comprehensive solution to help prevent things like that from happening again. >>...
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joe biden versus the nra today at the white house. but could the president override everyone using executive orders for gun control? >>> americans under 50 are dying earlier. >>> new jersey governor christie's stock is rising among democrats, fighting against hurricane sandy, a despite plea to save these whales and is that lion in my neighborhood? >>> good morning. health officials are calling the worse flu outbreak they have seen in decades. at least 36 people are dead as the virus has spread to 40 states. boston is declared a public health emergency. they have had ten times of all last year's flu season. >> it has come back and rather fiercely. >>> boston will offer free vaccinations this weekend inspect. in some areas, some schools are temporarily closing. experts warn that we haven't reached the peak. >>> vice president biden's task nors aims at reducing gun violence, including the powerful nra, sources close to the talks say, expanding background checks for gun purchases. yesterday the vice president met with victims groups vowin
joe biden versus the nra today at the white house. but could the president override everyone using executive orders for gun control? >>> americans under 50 are dying earlier. >>> new jersey governor christie's stock is rising among democrats, fighting against hurricane sandy, a despite plea to save these whales and is that lion in my neighborhood? >>> good morning. health officials are calling the worse flu outbreak they have seen in decades. at least 36 people are...
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most nra members are for background checks. jones is against it because if there were background checks, the person he is trying to buy a semiautomatic from would have to watch that tape. and there is no way in hell he is getting the gun. i kid the tiny wienert. >>> let's move on, shall we? it seems greed came before creed. at least uh -- according to pissed off staffers that said after selling to al jazeera they have no credibility left. they had a meeting to meet the new owners and al was absent. noted one employee, he is supposed to be the face of clean energy and just sold to very big oil. everybody argues how to pronounce. they never took big oil advertising. they sell to the amir and adding we all know now that al gore is nothing but a -- [bleep]. we do stories on the tax code and he sells the network before the tax code kicks in. one last gripe? al was lecturing us about green. he kept his word about green all right. as in cold, hard cash. didn't see that one coming. all of this raises a question, can dogs learn to drive
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the nra has not always opposed everything. they certainly opposed president clinton, and opposed us on banning assault weapons and opposed us on banning multiround, 30-round ammunition clips but we won. i hope the president can win. the nra is very powerful. >> here's what you wrote on your blog, erick and i'm going to put it up on the screen. until we figure out how to fix the family instability and educational problems within the inner city, any solution proposed in washington will be a potemkin village solution mask being the real gun conversation we should be having. >> what is that real gun conversation we should be having? >> if you took away the gun violence in the inner city, largely this nation would not have serious gun problems or violence. we would always have acts of violence. they won on the the assaults weapons ban. the violence prevention center did little good. there's much more handgun violence in this country than there is anything else. kni knives, feet, and hammers kill more people than assault rifles but
the nra has not always opposed everything. they certainly opposed president clinton, and opposed us on banning assault weapons and opposed us on banning multiround, 30-round ammunition clips but we won. i hope the president can win. the nra is very powerful. >> here's what you wrote on your blog, erick and i'm going to put it up on the screen. until we figure out how to fix the family instability and educational problems within the inner city, any solution proposed in washington will be a...
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the president will be going up against the nra. you need to see where the president goes, how often he goes. and exactly what he's going to be saying out on the stump. if he does his, this campaign for gun control like he did his re-election campaign then i don't put it past the president to get something through congress. i don't know what it will be. i want will be hard to get anything through a republican congress. he can do that, yes. >> thanks so much for your perspective. >> thanks. >> turning now to sports. the nba, heat vz the wizards, 28-year-old lebron james is now the youngest player to reach the 20,000 point mark in his career. only 38 other players have reached that point. heat cruised to an easy win over golden state 92-75. >>> overtime thriller as chicago's dang hit a jump shot with three second left on the clock. >>> and a dramatic upset in college basketball as maryland was trailing with five seconds left in the game. one shot missed but alex grabbed it and scored to knock off number 14 north carolina state, 51-50.
the president will be going up against the nra. you need to see where the president goes, how often he goes. and exactly what he's going to be saying out on the stump. if he does his, this campaign for gun control like he did his re-election campaign then i don't put it past the president to get something through congress. i don't know what it will be. i want will be hard to get anything through a republican congress. he can do that, yes. >> thanks so much for your perspective. >>...
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there are only 4 million members of the nra. there are 80 million american moms and we are going to be a force to be reckoned with. >> john: i like your math. how do you think you can go up against the incredibly huge gun lobby who have spent millions of dollars to buy off politicians in dc? what will it take to get through to them. >> people said that money would dictate the outcome of the presidential election, and what actually determined that election outcome were women and mothers. we're going to do the same thing for gun control. i suggest if you ask a legislator who they tell you who they're scared of, it will be a mom and not the nra j how do you think president obama has been on gun control over the past four years. >> i am very pleased that he has now since the sandy hook shootings come out with a proposal. the hard part is getting it passed. we would ask that it is brought to the floor as a comprehensive piece of legislation. that it's heard and voted on, that we do not dilute, delay or debate this. it is time for com
there are only 4 million members of the nra. there are 80 million american moms and we are going to be a force to be reckoned with. >> john: i like your math. how do you think you can go up against the incredibly huge gun lobby who have spent millions of dollars to buy off politicians in dc? what will it take to get through to them. >> people said that money would dictate the outcome of the presidential election, and what actually determined that election outcome were women and...
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>> we are just learning that james jay baker will be representing the nra. he's been with the nra in leadership roles off and on since the 1980s and was a campaign for john mccain in his failed bid for the presidency. wolf? >> lisa, thank you very much. we'll be anxious to see what the task force comes up with, what the president says in the state of the union address before congress. thank you. lisa, thank you very much for that report. >>> the obama administration may be stepping up its push for some form of new gun control legislation. but will the president be able to rally the support of congress? most importantly, the american public at the same time? we'll dig deeper with our chief political analyst gloria borger. here's what the president recently said on "meet the press." i'll play the clip. >> we're not going to get this done unless the american people decide it's important. and so this is not going to be simply a matter of me spending political capital. one of the things that you learn, having now been in this office for four years, is the old ada
>> we are just learning that james jay baker will be representing the nra. he's been with the nra in leadership roles off and on since the 1980s and was a campaign for john mccain in his failed bid for the presidency. wolf? >> lisa, thank you very much. we'll be anxious to see what the task force comes up with, what the president says in the state of the union address before congress. thank you. lisa, thank you very much for that report. >>> the obama administration may be...
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so you wonder about of this kind of vaunted nra is i think becoming no longer a vaunted nra. it's becoming somewhat more of a paper tiger than a caged tiger because these statements and this communications strategy is not winning any friends. it's losing lots of friends and that's why i think you even hear a lot of pro-nra members saying the kinds of things that the white house are talking about makts a lot of sense and it all shows up in the polling. the poll something overwhelmingly for doing the things that the vice president is talking about. >> but, dr. peterson, you have heard some of the things coming out from gun advocates and the nra. what is your reaction to this kind of rhetoric? it's sounding increasingly hallucinating. >> there's a lot of what we call trickology going on here. theer those on the right who are mouthpieces for the gun manufacturing lobby, what they have done is they've taken this sort of american notion of the second amendment and that he try to use this as a prop to actually continue to be able to sell more guns and to continue to along the lines
so you wonder about of this kind of vaunted nra is i think becoming no longer a vaunted nra. it's becoming somewhat more of a paper tiger than a caged tiger because these statements and this communications strategy is not winning any friends. it's losing lots of friends and that's why i think you even hear a lot of pro-nra members saying the kinds of things that the white house are talking about makts a lot of sense and it all shows up in the polling. the poll something overwhelmingly for doing...
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i have a lot of friends who are members of the nra. 75% of nra members believe you should have a background check before buying a gun. that's certainly something that i would hope that the leadership in the gun lobby in some time, maybe not today or tomorrow, but maybe over the next coming weeks, i mean, this is a very political issue. as you know, you know, money and politics kind of drive the discussion on a lot of these issues. so this is going to take some time. but you know, i've got friends also in nra leadership. and some of them are reasonable people, and i think we can come to some commonsense solutions for this very serious problem. >> commander kelly, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >>> just ahead tonight, a show of support that no one expected now fills an entire warehouse here in newtown. more than 150,000 condolence letters from across the globe. what strangers wrote to the families they never met and why it's made a difference. we'll be right back in newtown. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much nois
i have a lot of friends who are members of the nra. 75% of nra members believe you should have a background check before buying a gun. that's certainly something that i would hope that the leadership in the gun lobby in some time, maybe not today or tomorrow, but maybe over the next coming weeks, i mean, this is a very political issue. as you know, you know, money and politics kind of drive the discussion on a lot of these issues. so this is going to take some time. but you know, i've got...
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the nra says it was disappointed with that meeting. it says the white house is less focused on keeping children safe and more focused on attacking the second amendment. meanwhile, the task force is hurrying to come up with new regulations. >> so far a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks and not just close the gun show loophole but total universal background checks including private sales. >> while they were meeting, another school shooting made national headlines. this time in southern california. we brought this to you yesterday at 11:00 a.m. a teenager shot and injured two students at a high school about 40 miles from bakersfield. the nra says not only are gun sales up since the connecticut tragedy, they also gained 100,000 new members unsolicited. >>> later today at the white house president obama will meet with afghan president hamid karzai. they'll talk about the future role of the u.s. in afghanistan. white house officials say president obama will not announce the next round of troop wi w
the nra says it was disappointed with that meeting. it says the white house is less focused on keeping children safe and more focused on attacking the second amendment. meanwhile, the task force is hurrying to come up with new regulations. >> so far a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have universal background checks and not just close the gun show loophole but total universal background checks including private sales. >> while they were meeting, another school shooting...
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but it would be a mistake to think the nra's influence has waned. in the three weeks after the shooting in newtown, connecticut, the nra added more than 100,000 new members. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and even as the vice president was holding those meetings in washington, another school shooting was taking place. this time, in california. police say a student snuck a shotgun into school and then struck one classmate in the chest and fired on another. fortunately, a heroic science teacher was able to talk him down and disarm him. a sheriff said that the 16-year-old gunman told investigators he targeted the two students because they had bullied him. >>> a colorado judge has given the go ahead to the trial of james holmes for the movie theater massacre last july. he will be back in court today, where he will officially be charged. abc's clayton sandell reports from aurora, colorado. >> reporter: the judge's ruling is not a surprise. after prosecutors spent three days laying out a mountain of evidence, including how holmes allegedly
but it would be a mistake to think the nra's influence has waned. in the three weeks after the shooting in newtown, connecticut, the nra added more than 100,000 new members. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and even as the vice president was holding those meetings in washington, another school shooting was taking place. this time, in california. police say a student snuck a shotgun into school and then struck one classmate in the chest and fired on another. fortunately, a...
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forget about the nra. they look at their voters who don't want to see tough new gun controls and tough new limits on the kind of guns they can buy. are they going to differentiate the kind of gun they can buy and the kind of magazine they can buy? will they differentiate buying the gun but in all cases going through a background check? that is whether we'll see the administration can get some of this through the congress. martha: we'll all learn what a universal background check would really entail. sounds like that is something they feel they might be able to get through. it is interesting to me, chris, they are saying they will have this commission sort of roll out in terms of what the white house wants on tuesday. they're finishing discussions today. they will speak with media leaders, about that element of all of this but you know, does that indicate, they have already kind of got their plans set and they're not taking into account so much what they're talking about as the nra suggests? >> well, you co
forget about the nra. they look at their voters who don't want to see tough new gun controls and tough new limits on the kind of guns they can buy. are they going to differentiate the kind of gun they can buy and the kind of magazine they can buy? will they differentiate buying the gun but in all cases going through a background check? that is whether we'll see the administration can get some of this through the congress. martha: we'll all learn what a universal background check would really...
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, join the nra. so they are doing what the nra always has done, and that is drawing a very hard and firm line in the sand, very black and white terms. no shades of gray here and no budging on what they fundamentally believe is a threat to the second -- their second amendment rights. and they are, of course, going to be on the hill lobbying democrats, lobbying republicans. so far, you haven't seen any republicans break ranks with the nra. and we'll have to keep an eye on senate democrats. >> and, in fact, marco rubio, chuck, has put out a statement saying that nothing the president is proposing would have stopped the massacre at sandy hook. president obama is targeting the rights of law-abiding citizens instead of what caused the violence. that is a very strong response from someone who's talked about as a 2016 potential candidate. >> and he also accused the president of abusing his executive power in the 23 actions. when you read the 23 actions, frankly, these are very weak directives. there's not mu
, join the nra. so they are doing what the nra always has done, and that is drawing a very hard and firm line in the sand, very black and white terms. no shades of gray here and no budging on what they fundamentally believe is a threat to the second -- their second amendment rights. and they are, of course, going to be on the hill lobbying democrats, lobbying republicans. so far, you haven't seen any republicans break ranks with the nra. and we'll have to keep an eye on senate democrats....
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. >> despite the suggestions from the nra, many here say having the guns on campus even for protection would have a negative impact on children. >> i think armed guards on campus is a bad idea. i don't want my children to live in fear. when they see that, they'll be more fearful. >> we want them to grow up to be adults that don't carry fire arms. >> for now they'll concentrate on keeping their eyes open and the doors locked. >> it's a great first step. it's a no brainer. >> cbs 5. >>> the u.s. supreme court has set a date for oral arguments on prop 8. march 26 with a decision expected in june. the issue is whether it was constitutional for california voters to ban same sex marriage. the next day they'll hear the federal defense of the marriage act. >>> police are releasing information about last month's officer shooting that claimed the life of a 12-year-old man in walnut creek. the chief of police says that anthony tried too use a 10-inch knife against officers december 27th. the officers that shot and killed the man say he appeared extremely agitated and refused commands they gave hi
. >> despite the suggestions from the nra, many here say having the guns on campus even for protection would have a negative impact on children. >> i think armed guards on campus is a bad idea. i don't want my children to live in fear. when they see that, they'll be more fearful. >> we want them to grow up to be adults that don't carry fire arms. >> for now they'll concentrate on keeping their eyes open and the doors locked. >> it's a great first step. it's a no...
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and wasn't to ask ye have to ta nra. the nra ad just came out, pretty controversial. i want to point out to our viewers, this ad is only running on the sportsmen cable network, about a third of the homes in the u.s. here is a clip. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids -- >> here is my question to you. you hear this voice talking about armed security in schools. interesting the nra is choosing to focus on that sliver of this whole argument versus taking on, you know, something much broader, that the president mentioned today. ie an assault weapons ban. you surprised by that? >> you know, i was initially surprised by that. what i can tell you is that, you know, time and cnn will have polling out later this afternoon, and one thing people might find is that arming guards in schools is more popular than i think a lot of people -- a lot of people i know who first reacted to that nra press conference a few weeks ago really appreciated. it is actually not an unpopular idea an
and wasn't to ask ye have to ta nra. the nra ad just came out, pretty controversial. i want to point out to our viewers, this ad is only running on the sportsmen cable network, about a third of the homes in the u.s. here is a clip. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids -- >> here is my question to you. you hear this voice talking about armed security in schools. interesting the nra is...
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now they're more concerned about the threats from the nra. if they vote for common sense gun violence prevention laws they might face a challenger which might mean they get voted out of office and they no longer have the free health care and free travel. this is truth is stranger than fiction. it's a public health crisis in this country and they're saying that the debt ceiling is more important than 87 dead americans a day including 3,000 americans every month. that's the equivalent of a 9/11 every month. and these cowards in congress can't put public safety in front of self preservation of their own office? >> you know, it's interesting this group today called sandy hook promise, some of the victims' families and survivors and first responders had their press conference this morning and want to be included in the conversation on gun control legislation but even, john, in that community the most recent for us to witness something of this level of mass killings, there's a divide on even what to do next. and they are if you're going to continue
now they're more concerned about the threats from the nra. if they vote for common sense gun violence prevention laws they might face a challenger which might mean they get voted out of office and they no longer have the free health care and free travel. this is truth is stranger than fiction. it's a public health crisis in this country and they're saying that the debt ceiling is more important than 87 dead americans a day including 3,000 americans every month. that's the equivalent of a 9/11...
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. >>> joe biden versus the nra today at the white house. could the president override everyone using executive orders for gun control? >>> americans over 50 are dying earlier the worse since their counterparts. >>> new jersey's stock is rising with democrats. desperate pleas to save these whales, and is that a lion in my neighborhood? "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, january 10th, 2013. >>> good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. health officials are calling it the worst flu outbreak they've seen in decades. at least 36 people are dead as the virus has now fred to sprun states. boston is now calling is a health emergency. in that state alone, ten times the number all of last flu season. >> it's come back early and rare fiercely. it's a rather veerrile in strain. >> boston will start offering free vaccinations this weekend. some hospitals are prohibiting visitors. experts warn we have not yet reached the peak and they're umping people to get their flu shots. >>> vice presidenten's task force with
. >>> joe biden versus the nra today at the white house. could the president override everyone using executive orders for gun control? >>> americans over 50 are dying earlier the worse since their counterparts. >>> new jersey's stock is rising with democrats. desperate pleas to save these whales, and is that a lion in my neighborhood? "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, january 10th, 2013....
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why is the nra so strong, aaron? >> well, i think that this is really such a regional issue in congress right now. the coasts are very much pro gun control but the middle of the country, even a lot of the democrats in the middle of the country and in the south especially, are very pro-gun rights. so, you know, we see in the last few days here even senators -- democrat senators like max baucus from montana, even al franken from minnesota hesitated at first to endorse the assault weapons ban. i think this is just a very tough issue for these politicians to deal with, particularly in the middle of the country and when that happens, their reflex often is to vote no. >> roland, one thing that amazed me in this, not just the membership, was the favorability rating. because it seemed to me, and being there in newtown, that something had changed in this country. that something had changed in every single one of us to see what happened there happen. yet after newtown, 41% of americans view the organization favorably. that is
why is the nra so strong, aaron? >> well, i think that this is really such a regional issue in congress right now. the coasts are very much pro gun control but the middle of the country, even a lot of the democrats in the middle of the country and in the south especially, are very pro-gun rights. so, you know, we see in the last few days here even senators -- democrat senators like max baucus from montana, even al franken from minnesota hesitated at first to endorse the assault weapons...
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we're also told the nra will be a part of these meetings. more meetings are expected down the road with representatives from hollywood and game industry. "the washington post" reports the vice president's plan is designed to be big, comprehensive. new jersey's governor chris christie says that's the only way to get it passed. >> if it was comprehensive, if it was comprehensive, there's no doubt in my mind that we could come to an area of compromise. but it's got to be comprehensive. and if it isn't, then you're not -- you're going to have the same kind of good luck in washington you've had all along. >> biden is hashing out a plan on the national level, there's move on the state level, too. this afternoon, new york governor and drew cuomo will propose one of the country's strictest bans on assault weapons for this state. in connecticut governor dan malloy announced 16 councils looking at gun safety and gun violence prevention. leather bring in jackie kucinich and "washington post" journalist david millbane. >> good morning. >> a spokesman sa
we're also told the nra will be a part of these meetings. more meetings are expected down the road with representatives from hollywood and game industry. "the washington post" reports the vice president's plan is designed to be big, comprehensive. new jersey's governor chris christie says that's the only way to get it passed. >> if it was comprehensive, if it was comprehensive, there's no doubt in my mind that we could come to an area of compromise. but it's got to be...